Mieczyslaw NARUSZEWICZ (1923-2006), 1957 project, Japanese Rooster

porcelain, enamel black,
threaded crack with a tiny chip at the triangular section of the base;
dimensions: 12 x 16 x 10.5 cm;
Signed in chrome green print: letter W (in block), below: Wawel / MADE IN / POLAND, green print (stamped): Hand-painted, numeral 146 (148?).
Walbrzych, Zakład Porcelany Stołowej "Krzysztof", 1960s.
Stylized, expressive figurine of a bird with an exposed tail, painted in black (plumage, tail, beak, eyes).
Project by a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow (student of Xawery Dunikowski) and in Warsaw; since 1956 associated with the Institute of Industrial Design (small porcelain art projects, industrial projects), co-author of the monumental sculpture - Monument to the Thousand-Year-Old Polish Cavalry in Warsaw (1994).